Re: DoS at Hostsave

From: Brian (brian_wolters_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 05/27/03 

Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 07:55:53 -0500

Well, I had problems with them on a Church Web site where all I needed was
my password checked. I was locked out of my site for 3 months. I was almost
thinking that they just didn't want a church on their servers. My other two
non-church sites have never had problems except for this DOS attack.

"Jay" <webmaster@allthingsceltic.net> wrote in message
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> From reading some of the posts in various groups about hostsave,
> sounds like this is a frequent problem with them. I am thinking of
> switching myself. If this is the best there tech support can do, I
> dont think we need to keep our business there
>
> to_man2003@yahoo.com (To Man) wrote in message
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> > HostSave's DOS attack has hit me hard. I have several revenue
> > generating websites hosted with them and lost a lot of money on
> > pay-per-click advertising over the last two days. They seem to go
> > through this nonsense every so often so I'm moving my domains
> > elsewhere. I've already lost too much.
> >
> > Also note that they have updated their status as follows:
> >
> > 11:30 AM, PST, May 23, 2003 - The Denial of Service (DOS) attack
> > against our systems has further intensified, continuing to impact the
> > performance of our website and mail services. The intensity of the
> > load we process on a normal day is approximately 1,600 packets per
> > minute. We are currently processing in excess of 3 million packets per
> > minute. Our engineering and systems administration teams continue to
> > take steps to further harden our network and provide increased
> > availability, but these are temporary solutions. We are taking drastic
> > steps to resolve this issue at its source and appreciate your patience
> > as we work toward a solution to stop this malicious attack.
> >
> >
> > lmd1 <lmmd@mailtx.com> wrote in message
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> > > Anyone know anything about the DoS at HostSave.com?
> > >
> > > From their web site:
> > >
> > > IMPORTANT NOTICE: 10:45 AM, PST, May 22, 2003 - The Denial of Service
> > > attack aimed at our systems has intensified. As a result of the
> > > attack, traffic to our network is currently 1000 times greater than
> > > normal. The system upgrades we made earlier this week are currently
> > > enabling us to handle this increased load without significant impact
> > > to our customers; however, you will likely notice increased slowness
> > > in your website and email performance. Our engineering and systems
> > > administration teams continue working to resolve this problem, and we
> > > will keep you updated as the situation changes. Again, we apologize
> > > for any inconvenience and appreciate your patience.